Top-prop



(No Model.)

W. LEPPER.

TOP PROP.

Patented May 22,1883.

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UNITED STATES PATE T OF ICE.

\VILLIAM LEPPER, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

TO P-PRO P.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 278,244, dated May 22, 1883.

Application filed March 23, 1883. (N0 model.)

props; and theinvention consistsin providing the shell or casing that is attached to the supporting-arm of the seat-rail, &c.,"with anti-rattlingdevices, whereby thejarringofthe vehicle cannot cause the shell or casing to rattle or make any noise; and the invention also consists in constructing the shell of cast metal having a longitudinal groove having sides and bottoms, in which is seated the cushion, all as will be hereinafter more fully explained.

The annexed drawings, to which reference is made, fully illustrate'my invention, in which- Figure 1 represents a vertical sectional view of my device. Fig.2 is a cross-sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a cross-section of the shell only. Fig.4is adetail view of the rubber spring, and Fig 5 is a top view of the top-prop.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates the shell or casing, which is provided on its upper face with a longitudinal channel or groove, at, extending from end to end. Within the shell A is placed a core or filling, b, that is also channeled longitudinally to receive the arm at and a flat spring,

c, that is secured at one end to said filling,

while the opposite end of said spring is left free to bear against theunder side of the arm d, upon which the casingis secured, as shown in Fig. l of the drawings. At one end of said casing, and between the end of the filling and the inner face of one of the end caps, e, 1 provide an additional spring-bearing, preferably of rubber, as atf, in order to prevent endwise movement and rattlingot' said shell or casing.

It will thus be observed from the above description, and by reference to the annexed drawings, that the arrangement of the springs are such'that all rattling of the shell is prevented; and when the shell is cast of metal I may dispense with the interior-filling and apply the springs directly to said cast shell. Furthermore, it; will be seen that I can apply the flat springs to either or all sides of the arm (1, it desirable.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

1. The shell A, provided with the filling b and springs cf, substantially as described.

2. In a vehicle-top support, the combination, with the arm 61 and shell A, of the spring 0, interposed between the casing and the arm, for the purpose herein set forth.

' 3. In a' vehicle-top support, the combination, with the shell, caps e e, and arm d, of the rubber springf, interposed between the end of the casing or shell and the inner face of the cap 0, asshown and described, and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereofl affix my signature in presence of two witnesses. 1

WILLIAM LEPPER. Witnesses:

ADAM STUTZ,

FRANK A. STUTZ. 

